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Paonia, Colorado

Paonia weather

Elevation 5,674 ftObserved 9:50 PMNearest station Delta County, 16 miForecast grid GJT 128,90

Right now

Station 9:50 PM

Temperature

68°F

Feels like 68°

Wind

5 mph S

Wind to 10 mph by 12 AM

Humidity

35%

Dew point 39°

UV index

0

Low

Air quality

39

Good, PM2.5 2.6

Pressure

29.7 in

Visibility

10 mi

Hour by hour

Through tomorrow evening

Temperature over rain chance, sharing one hour axis. Drag across it to read any hour.

NWS hourly grid · Updated 1h ago
88°59°now
Rain chance12%
10 PM6 AM2 PM10 PM6 AM2 PM9 PM
Hour by hour temperature and chance of precipitation
HourTemperatureChance of precipitation
10 PM68 degrees0 percent
11 PM64 degrees0 percent
12 AM63 degrees1 percent
1 AM63 degrees1 percent
2 AM62 degrees1 percent
3 AM61 degrees1 percent
4 AM60 degrees3 percent
5 AM59 degrees4 percent
6 AM59 degrees6 percent
7 AM59 degrees5 percent
8 AM63 degrees4 percent
9 AM67 degrees3 percent
10 AM74 degrees4 percent
11 AM80 degrees5 percent
12 PM83 degrees5 percent
1 PM84 degrees8 percent
2 PM84 degrees10 percent
3 PM86 degrees12 percent
4 PM84 degrees10 percent
5 PM84 degrees8 percent
6 PM82 degrees6 percent
7 PM78 degrees6 percent
8 PM73 degrees6 percent
9 PM71 degrees7 percent
10 PM68 degrees6 percent
11 PM67 degrees5 percent
12 AM65 degrees4 percent
1 AM64 degrees3 percent
2 AM63 degrees2 percent
3 AM62 degrees1 percent
4 AM60 degrees1 percent
5 AM60 degrees1 percent
6 AM59 degrees1 percent
7 AM59 degrees1 percent
8 AM63 degrees1 percent
9 AM67 degrees1 percent
10 AM74 degrees1 percent
11 AM80 degrees2 percent
12 PM83 degrees2 percent
1 PM85 degrees2 percent
2 PM85 degrees2 percent
3 PM88 degrees3 percent
4 PM86 degrees3 percent
5 PM86 degrees3 percent
6 PM83 degrees2 percent
7 PM79 degrees2 percent
8 PM75 degrees2 percent
9 PM72 degrees2 percent

Next seven days

Open a day for what the forecaster wrote
TonightSep 3Mostly ClearLow 59°4%
Mostly clear, with a low around 59. Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
FriSep 4Mostly Sunny then Isolated Showers And Thunderstorms87° 59°12%
Isolated rain showers between 2pm and 3pm, then isolated showers and thunderstorms between 3pm and 5pm. Mostly sunny, with a high near 87. Southwest wind 5 to 15 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SatSep 5Mostly Sunny88° 61°8%
Mostly sunny, with a high near 88. South southeast wind 5 to 10 mph, with gusts as high as 25 mph.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
SunSep 6Partly Sunny then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms89° 61°57%
A chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Partly sunny, with a high near 89. Chance of precipitation is 30%.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
MonSep 7Showers And Thunderstorms Likely84° 59°57%
Showers and thunderstorms likely. Mostly cloudy, with a high near 84.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
TueSep 8Mostly Sunny then Slight Chance Showers And Thunderstorms88° 61°15%
A slight chance of showers and thunderstorms after noon. Mostly sunny, with a high near 88.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction
WedSep 9Slight Chance Rain Showers then Chance Showers And Thunderstorms89° 61°31%
A slight chance of rain showers before noon, then a chance of showers and thunderstorms. Mostly sunny, with a high near 89.NWS detailed forecast, Grand Junction

What today means in Paonia

Each line names the number behind it

Cool window: 59° at 5 AM

The day climbs about 28 degrees from there, so anything outside is easier before the middle of the morning.

Around Paonia today

Rivers

Uncompahgre River at Delta

243 cfs and falling, water 66°. About 28 miles from Paonia.

7 gauges on the Slope

Trails

Upper Plumbers Crack

Hiking, in town.

8 spots within 25 miles

The long view

Paonia weather in September

The record

September is when the valley lets go of summer, a few degrees at a time. Normal for September here is a high near 77 and a low near 49, with about 1.3 inches of precipitation. Tonight's forecast low of 59 is running 5 degrees above the normal 54.

The North Fork valley sits high enough to cool off at night, which is why the orchards and market gardens work here. Through 3 days of September, the warmest afternoon has been 84° and the coolest morning 54°. The month is averaging 3.9 degrees warmer than the thirty year normal.

When it rains in Paonia

September normally brings 1.3 inches of precipitation. So far this month 2 days have measured precipitation, 0.1 inches in total. 3 of the next seven days carry a chance of 30 percent or better.

Normals 1995 to 2024 · Open-Meteo archive

Paonia readings come from the Delta County station 16 miles southwest of town. The forecast is the National Weather Service grid over Paonia itself, cell GJT 128,90. Air quality and the thirty year normals come from Open-Meteo.